2016 Softball Roster
Katelyn Conenna
- Year:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Addison, Ill.
- Position:
- UT
- Height:
- 5-8
• Academic All-Big Ten
Played in 37 games with 21 starts … went 3-for-3 including a home run and a double, plating two runs with two RBI and a walk … earned a walk in five straight games from March 23 to April 1 … in that five-game span, also collected seven RBI, five hits and three runs … in Indiana’s three-game series against Penn State, collected five RBI, four hits, four runs … hit a three-run homer and drove in a total of four runs against the Nittany Lions on April 9 … scored a pair of runs and earned two walks at Michigan State on April 16 … went 2-for-3 with a run and an RBI at Rutgers on April 22
JUNIOR YEAR (2015)
•Academic All-Big Ten
Appeared in 30 games and started a career-high 16 contests with 15 in the designated player role and one game in the outfield … registered a .310 average and .569 slugging percentage … hit her first career home run on March 22 against Rutgers on a grand slam … finished the year with four homers, including back-to-back games against Maryland on April 5 and Penn State on April 10 … collected a four-game hitting streak from March 15 to March 25 and a five-game streak from March 28 to April 12 … in Indiana’s three-game sweep at Penn State on April 10-12, Conenna hit .600 with six hits, six runs, six RBI and two home runs … made her first collegiate pitching appearance at Illinois on March 29, giving up one hit and two earned runs in 0.2 innings
SOPHOMORE YEAR (2014)
•Academic All-Big Ten
Appeared in 21 games and started five ... primarily served as a designated player or pinch runner ... recorded three hits, scored two runs and had an RBI ... went 1-for-2 with a hit and RBI against Cal Poly on Feb. 9 ... scored a run against Penn State on April 11 and against Valparaiso on April 30 ... named Academic All-Big Ten
FRESHMAN YEAR (2013)
Appeared in three contests as a pinch runner for the Hoosiers...Scored a run in her first collegiate appearance as a pinch runner against No. 9 Michigan...Scored a run in game one of a doubleheader at Illinois.
Prep/Personal
Played for head coach Frank Reaber at Immaculate Conception (Ill.) High School ... helped ICHS to three straight conference championships for the first time in school history ... named Suburban Christian Conference (SCC) - Gold Conference Player of the Year twice ... a four-time Daily Herald All-Area team honoree ... in 35 games as senior, hit .509 with 44 RBI ... ICHS won 27 games her senior year to set a new school record ... earned second team all-state honors as well as team MVP following her senior campaign ... selected to play in the Sun Times/Bandits High School All-Star game ... hit .548 as a junior to set the school record in addition to driving in 37 RBI ... also named to Pioneer Press All-Area team three times ... posted a .535 average at the plate and drove in 47 runs as a sophomore to set a school record ... named to all-conference team and was third team all-state ... played her freshman year at Driscoll Catholic High School before the school was closed following the year ... hit .430 and collected 42 RBI as a freshman ... led Driscoll Catholic to the 2009 IHSA 2A state basketball title ... played travelball for DuPage Diamond Dawgs, where her father, Dominic, was the head coach ... claimed third place at the 2012 Colorado Sparkler ... the team placed 25th at 2011 ASA Northern Nationals ... finished the 2009 season tied for ninth at USSSA Nationals and she was named to the all-tournament team ... earned varsity letters in volleyball and basketball ... in the classroom was on the honor roll every year and earned academic all-conference laurels each season as well ... is the daughter of Dominic and Julie Conenna ... has a sister, Jessica, and a brother, Nicholas
